I forgot about syslinux.cfg :)
>From memory, I can't think of anything else that needs to be tweaked.
I don't have my LRP box here, so I can't look. What's the actual
message you get?
Chris
On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:
> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 14:04:46 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Chris Carbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: Ricardo Kleemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LRP] How to make CF disk bootable
>
> Thanks for the instructions, Chris!
>
> It really helped.
>
> I've copied everything and made the CF disk bootable. I can actually
> boot
> now from it!
>
> The problem I have now is that it boots, and when it's going to run
> init,
> it barfs because it's expecting something in fd0.
>
> I reconfigured syslinux.cfg such that it has
> boot=/dev/hda1,msdos PKGPATH=/dev/hda1
> (the CF disk is /dev/hda1)
>
> So i'm not sure why upon boot it's trying to do something with fd0.
> Is
> there something else I need to do to make sure it doesn't attempt to
> use
> the floppy?
>
> Ricardo
>
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Chris Carbaugh wrote:
>
> >
> > First you need to partition/format the CF just like any other
> drive.
> > You didn't say what size CF you're using, but I have had problems
> with
> > Syslinux booting from a partition larger than 32MB.
> >
> > Once you have your FAT partition created (and set bootable), just
> copy
> > the contents of your floppy to the CF card (should be c: under
> DOS).
> > Next "syslinux c:". (In my experience, setting up syslinux works
> best
> > from DOS.)
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Chris
> >
> > On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:
> > > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:04:49 -0700 (PDT)
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > From: Ricardo Kleemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: [LRP] How to make CF disk bootable
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I'm using the PC Engines CF - IDE adapter. The CF disk is
> properly
> > > recognized as a small IDE disk.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to figure out how to make it bootable. I thought maybe
> > > just
> > > doing a dd from a working LRP floppy would work, but I was
> mistaken.
> > >
> > > So I have a working LRP floppy with my configured system, and I
> want
> > > to
> > > transfer that into the CF disk and make that bootable.
> > >
> > > I tried to find something in the hard disk howto but didnt see
> > > anything
> > > relevant. I don't think I need any special drivers, the CF disk
> is
> > > seen as
> > > a regular hard disk.
> > >
> > > I'm currently using Eigerstein2Beta off a floppy only. What do I
> need
> > > to
> > > do now?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Ricardo
> > >
> > >
> > >
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